Hay-rake.



PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

E. A. JOHNSTON.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1905.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

VENTOR.

TORNEY;

PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

E. A. JOHNSTON.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION 11,111) MAB-8. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEY5 WITNESSES No. 828,119. I PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

E. A. JOHNSTON.

HAY RAKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. B. 1905.'

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 ATTOBNEYfi i UNITED STATES:

PATENT orrron.

'EDWARD A. JOHNSTON, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

' HAY- RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m. 7, 1906.

Application filed March 8. 1905. Serial No. 249,100.

clare the following to be a full, clear, and-ex- 'act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I The inventionrelates to side-delivery ha rakes that travel over the ground in the (fi- -rection which the mower travels instead of crosswise thereto and rake the hay atan efliciency of operation.

angle to the direction in which the mower leaves it. t

The object of the invention is to improve the general construction of the machine and lighten the draft thereof without reducing the strength of the machine or impairing its It is characteristic of the structure that the entire framing, including the side and transverse bars, which support the front end of the reel or tooth frame, s carried in rear of the axle, leaving an unobstructed space between the supporting-wheels forward of the axle, allowing' the team to be hitched close to the axle and permittin light and strong an of few parts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein' I Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the clutch connecting the'reel or tooth shaft with the main drive-gear. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the clutch which connects the main Wheels to the axle.' Fig. 5 is a detail, partly in section, of the casting which supports the caster-wheel. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through the reel or tooth frame, and Fig. 7 is a detail of the bearing-boxes for the axle and reel shaft looking up from underneath the axle.

Referring to the views, a denotes the axle, b the main wheels, and c the tongue. The side bars f d are secured at their forward ends directly to the axle and extend rearwardly therefrom only. They are connected together by a cross-bar gin rear of and parallel with the axle and to which the tongue is connected, the cross-bars lying sufliciently above the axle to permit the necessary verti-' cal movement of the tongue.

The reel or tooth frame consists of side ,bars '5 i and end bars h h, with the usual the frame to be made straps and rodst i for preventing the hay from winding around the tooth-carrying bars I). This frame is arranged diagona ly to the line of draft, as shown in Fig. 1, and the reelshaft m is supported in bearings h at its rear end and m at its front end.

, The front end bar it of the reel-frame is secured in a die onal position to the side barf and the crossar g, and the front side bar '5 of the frame is secured by a bracket (1, to the cross-bar g about midway of its length. The side bar d is preferably formed of an iron pipe that is arched, asshown in Fig. 2, to pass over the reel-frame and is sup orted at its rear end by acaster-wheel 0. he bar '5 of the reel-frame is secured to the rear end of the side bar 11 by a casting and an arched tie-rod a. is secured at opposite ends to the opposite bars '1' 'L of the reel-frame at dpoints near their ends and asses over an rests uppn the arch of the side bar (1, thereby suspending the reel frame from this bar in a convenient and eflicient manner. a

The reel-shaft m is driven by the gear 7' on the axle through the-intermediacy of the pinion 7c, that is normally loose on the shaft and is under control by the driver for connection with and disconnection from the shaft, as may be desired, to throw the reel or rake teeth into and out of operation. The pinion 7c has a clutch-face, which cooperates with a similar face on the clutch half I, which slides on the reel-shaft and is held normally in engagement with the-pinion by a spring n. On the shaft m between the p. won and the clutch half is firmly pinned or otherwise fastened a collar 11?, that is square or angular in cross-section. This collar serves tohold the,

pinion Zc snuglly algainst its bearing-box m and theclutc ha I has a bore or recess corresponding in shape with the collar, causing the collar and clutch half'to tur'n together and permitting the clutch half to be disenage from the pinion without separating it i rom the collar.

The reel consists of three-armed spiders c c, that are fixed to o posite ends of the shaft m and have journale in their outer ends the shaft or bars I), to which the usual teeth a are connected. At their forward ends the tooth-bars are provided with cranks 12 which pivotally connect the barsto the outer ends of another spider (1, similar to 0, but mounted eccentrically to the reel-shaft m and journaled upon an annular bearing-ring t that is secured to the end bar h at the front of the which is inclosed within this hub and is held.

therein by a recessed lug 0 against which the heel of the pawl abuts, and a spring a, which fits in sockets in the pawl and rim of the hub, so as to hold the pawl normally in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-disk. As will be noted in Fig. 4, the hub t isprovided with an additional recessed lug c at a point diametrically opposite from the one already described. An additional spring-receiving socket a, is provided on the opposite side of the shaft from the socket first mentioned. The object of this arrangement is to make the clutches reversible, so that any particular clutch may be applied to either wheel by simply reversing the position of the pawl c and changing it from one of the lugs c to the other. The pawl a may be thrown out of connection with the ratchet and locked in that position by means of a latch I, which is located between the nose of the pawl and the ratchet-disk, as shown in Fig. 4, and ismounted on a pivot which extends through the hub of the wheel, so that it may be operated from the outer side and set in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, when the wheel will turn freely in either direction on the axle and the clutch be out of action.

The rear-end of the machine is su ported by the caster-wheel e, that is secure to the rear end of the-side bar (1, as already described. This caster-wheel has a vertical spindle e, that turns in a bearing in the bracket-casting b and is provided with an adjusting-wheel b and a locking-wheel b. It sometimes happens that it is necessary to lift the rear end of the machine, and two casterwheels are'sometimes employed, and it is advisable to prevent the spindle from falling out of the socket when the machine is lifted, orone Wheel by passing over any obstruction lifts the other from the ground. In order to provide for the holding of the spindle of the wheel in its bearing in the casting b and at the same time to permit of the necessary vertical adjustment of the spindle, I provide the bearing with an enlargement k and put a pin 1) transversely throu h the spindle, driving the pin into the spindle through a hole 1) in the bearing after the spindle has been inserted. As will be seen from Fig. 5, this pre vents the s indle e from dropping out of the bearing an at the same time allows for the necessary vertical adjustment of the spindle in the bearing.

The frame-pieces f and g are wooden bars, and, as shown in Fig. 7, the bearing-boxes l and for the axle and reel-shaft, respectively, are secured thereto by flanges Z and m. When these flanges are separately secured to the bars, it is difficult to fasten them so that the gears will be held in proper mesh. I therefore i make the flanges on ad acent sides of the boxes of sufiicient length to overlap, as shown at t in Fig. 7, and I secure both flanges to the bar f by one bolt 8, thereby locking the two boxes rigidly together and holding them in fixed relation without relying upon independent fastenings for securing them separately to the side bars. (-onsxdering the strain that is thrown on these boxes by the gears in the operation of the machine, this is an important feature.

Having thus described the invent on, what I claim, and desire to secure, is-

1. In a side-delivery hay-rake, the C011] b1' nation of the axle, side bars (1, f extending rearward therefrom, the transverse frame- .bar g connecting the side bars in rear of the axle, the diagonal bar It connected to the side barf and cross-bar g, the reel frame-bars i, 'i, the latter supported by the slde bar d, and the diagonal arched tie-rod a connected to the frame-bars near their opposite ends and passing over the side bar d.

' 2. In a side-delivery hay-rake, the combination of the axle, the side bars (1, f, extending rearward therefrom, the diagonal toothframe, the rake-shaft m, a gear j on the axle, a pinion k on the shaft, and bearing-boxes Z, m for the axle and shaft, respectively, said boxes having their adjacent securing-flanges overlapped and secured to the side barf by a bolt passing through both flanges.

3, In a side-delivery hay-rake, the combination of an axle, a'raking mechanism angularly disposed relative to and in rear of said axle, a supporting-frame for said raking mechanism ivotally mounted upon said axle and a iii'aft-tongue flexibly connected with said supporting-frame above and in rear of said axle.

4. In a side-delivery hay-rake, the combination of an axle, a raking mechanism angu' larly disposed relative to and in rear of said axle, a supporting-frame for said raking mechanism, said axle being j ournaled in said bar connectedto the saidbars and disgospd ra tlarly disposed relative above and in rear of said axle, and a tongue flexibly connected with said transverse bar.

6. In a side-deliver hay rake', the combination of an axle a ra 'ng mechanism anguto and in rear of said axle a supporting-frame for said raking mec anism comprlsing an arched member extending rearwardly over the rakin mechanism and havin its front end plvotall mounted upon said axle, a draft-tongue flexlbly connected with said sup ortingframe in rear 'of the axle, and the ra ing mechanism connected to the rear portion of the overhead arched member.

7. In a side-deliver hay-rake, thecom'bination of an axle, a ra 'ng mechanism angularly arranged in rear of said axle, means for supporting said raking mechanism comprisfront ends and in rear of said axle, a diagonall -arranged frame in which said rake rnec anism 1s mounted, said frame having its forward end secured to one of said bars and said transverse frame-bar, and its 0 posite end suspended from said arched side ar,

and a truss-rodsecured at op osite ends to opposite sides of the dia onal ame and connected with said arched ar. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature .1n presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD A. JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

JAs. L. STEWART, E. R. TnoMPsoN. 

